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The novel describes, in retrospect, the history and culture of California from its earliest days, and its influence on the rest of the United States and the world when - after an unspecified date in 1969 - the state suffers a Richter magnitude 9 earthquake and the populous coastal regions west of the San Andreas Fault sink into the Pacific Ocean.
December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, [1] New Year's Eve or Old Year's Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day. It is the last day of the year; the following day is January 1, the first day of the following year.
[10] [9] [4] In 2014, a report by a wearable technology manufacturer found that an average of 33% of Israelis went to bed before midnight on 31 December; notably, the Silvester is not an official holiday in Israel and January 1 is a regular workday, unless falling on a weekend. [11] [4]
Here, 25 holiday books to read this 2023 season: A Christmas Carol (Penguin Christmas Classics) Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol in December 1843, and it was an instant classic. It ...
The Three Californias Trilogy (also known as the Wild Shore Triptych and the Orange County Trilogy) is a book by Kim Stanley Robinson, which depict three different possible futures of Orange County, California. The books that make up the trilogy are The Wild Shore, The Gold Coast and Pacific Edge. Each of these books describes the life of young ...
A "Seinfeld"-themed holiday that Jason Alexander's George Costanza can attest is "all too real" comes every Dec. 23, when fans of the iconic sitcom remember the classic 1997 episode "The Strike."
The Boston Globe, though, called the novel "a mostly solid first book". The Washington Post suggested specific elements (including Lepucki's plot twist) were "thrilling" and "amusing". [1] The New York Post included the book in its "29 best books of the summer" [8] and the Orlando Weekly listed it in its "2014 Summer Guide". [9]
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